Week 1: Under what circumstances will new communication technologies become old communication technologies?

To me it would seem that once a communication technology has been replaced by an improved model the original technology is no longer considered a new communication technology because there is something better (in theory) available. Some examples of this are; DVDs replaced videotapes, Email replaced the Postal Service and Phones replaced Telegrams. Obviously a lot of what we consider old communication technologies are still viable and in fact used everyday by many people but they are no longer seen as new media. It seems to me that whilst the technologies we use currently are always being updated and improved upon there really isn't any new ground being broken in regards to a completely new form of communication technology. They can can improve the megapixels on your smart phones camera and do a little nip/tuck on the Facebook layout, but as far as creating a completely new form of communication technology I'd like to see how they can drastically change the entire experience. Of course that's probably something that a lot of incredibly clever people are working on at this very moment. I found a video on YouTube which looks into the possible direction communication technology will take and I shall attempt to link it to this blog...